San Francisco Earthquake of October 20 185? Widespread Damage
Telegraph reports a heavy morning quake at 7:30 in San Francisco causing ground subsidence on Pine and Battery streets, many buildings damaged or demolished, four to twelve lives lost, extensive property losses potentially reaching two million dollars. Oakland and San Jose also suffer severe damage with multiple aftershocks. City Hall unsafe, Custom House wrecked, and city streets filled with anxious residents.
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Commodore Perry Statue Described by Providence Herald
The Providence Herald details the Commodore Perry statue in Newport describing the eight foot sculpture as graceful from all angles with a boat cloak over the right shoulder, a full dress uniform, and a circular white pedestal. It notes the inscription and the Belmont commission, the estimated cost of twenty thousand dollars, and gift to the city by Mr. and Mrs. Belmont. The piece includes plans for bronze bas relief scenes and remarks on delays and execution.
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Miners, farmers, and misheard tales in a flooded morning
A chaotic dispatch from Smyrna Times recalls a bizarre blasphemy rumor about a man named Phoumai allegedly sinking in sand at Christield after planning a fishing trip. The report, forwarded by a railroad agent, stirs local excitement as officials verify the tale amid uncertainty and laughter.
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Observations on brain blood flow and a chaplain dialogue
An old scientific note discusses experiments by Blumenbach and Donders on brain blood during wakefulness and sleep. It describes a skull-cemented glass observation method. wakefulness shows fuller cerebral blood, sleep appears pale. A vivid Army of the Potomac exchange with a chaplain and a Massachusetts regiment follows, ending with a quip about marble slabs becoming a door-step or a tomb-stone.
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Mexico
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Massachusetts
A Fragmented Tale of Milk Myths and Rural Wit
A long and patchy nineteenth century style piece blends a preacher tale about cayenne and milk with comic rural anecdotes. It recounts a Hoosier drinking a vial misread as salt, a lesson on various milks, and a mock wedding sermon ending with a quip about mortality and a rough political note.
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